Second Chance (Barry Kerch adoption) (Shinedown romance)

Chapter 3: Finding My Family Part 2

'We all heard a gasp, but it didn't come from any of us, it was Cora's gasp. We turned to her while Barry stepped away from us, towards her. But, before he could get to her, she ran back upstairs, Barry following shortly behind her. Once they were out of ear shot Zach said, "Well, that was weird."Brent smacked him upside his head. He really doesn't understand when not to say something.

Cora's POV

I can't believe that Barry Kerch is my father. I mean, yeah, we looked similar, but I always thought it was just a coincidence that we looked alike. But it wasn't after all, Barry fucking Kerch is my father. I haven't had a father or mother ever and then to find out that my father has been a huge part of my life without me even knowing it is a hard pill to swallow. I wish I could meet my mom. I bet she was nice and would have done anything to make me happy. She had to have a reason to do what she did. Knowing that my mom loved me enough to make sure I was taken care of tells me that she loved me even when she knew she wouldn't make it.

Barry reached my room where I sat on my bed crying. He told me he knew I was overwhelmed and he understood. He had searched for me every since he came home to find a letter from my mom telling him what had happened. I told him
"I always told myself that you weren't my dad because I am not good enough, so I wouldn't ever get my hopes up. And now I'm happy that you are my dad, but on the other hand, I just cant bring myself to think what I have to do. I am only 12 going on 13. I am too young to have a kid. I hope you can help me and support me through everything that I will be going through. I don't want to be a burden on the band and on you. "
Barry, I mean dad, asked me how I got pregnant. Obviously he knew how, but he felt that there was more to the story than just a 12 year having sex. I explained to him what happened when that other man came in to adopt me got me pregnant then brought me back.

Once I had finished explaining everything, he was livid, but he hugged me saying he won't let anyone else hurt me. He also asked me if I could shift in to my wolf/animal spirit form yet and I said yes, but didn't feel up to shifting today due to everything that has happened in the 24 hours that I was adopted and raped then ontop of all that finding out that the drummer from my favorite band is my long lost father. He nodded his head understanding why I didn't feel up to shifting into my wolf form. Although he looked disappointed he understood why I felt the way I did.

The guys walked in the room quietly before asking if we were alright now that the news had been broken to me and we both nodded. It was overwhelming the way that all the guys seemed to care about me and my dad. I had never had anyone care about me like this.

They had overheard us talking before they walked in. They walked over to me to give me a hug I blushed when Eric hugged me longer than the rest of the guys did. I know that it's never gonna happen, but a girl can dream about it, right?

Barry, I mean dad, came back in once I had everything I needed packed again. He started asking me about my life before earlier today and my interest in different things like art and music. I told him about my love of drawing and even showed him some of my drawings.
Eric came in to tell us that the tour bus was at the orphanage. I looked at my dad. "If yall are on tour where am I going to be staying so I can go to school?"
Dad responded with, " You will be going on tour with us. You will do your school work while we are at rehearsals. What grade are you in? I am assuming the 7th or 8th grade."

I looked at my dad and said, " I am supposed to be in the 7th grade, but I am really smart and was able to skip 5 years. I am in my last semester of 12th grade. I have to finish my math class, English class, and Music class then I will be finished with school." He nodded his head towards me while wearing a shocked expression on his face. I could tell he was not expecting me to have been that far ahead in schooling. Eric still being in the room looked even more shocked than my dad. He soon stopped showing his emotion and gave my dad and I one last warning that the bus was here. With that dad grabbed my bags and carried them downstairs for me. Brent loaded my stuff in the bus while Barry did the paperwork and set up appointments for Ms. Anderson to come visit once touring was over to check on my wellbeing and to make sure I am being taken care of properly. I gave Ms. Anderson a big hug and thanked her taking care of me when no one else cared to. She started crying as I pulled away from her to leave with my new family promising to call her whenever I could.

(Okay so as most people can tell i go many many weeks and months without updating and for that i am sorry but i cannot change and also i am going to do an experiment it shows on wattpad that someone has updated multiple times (which means 2 times) and it never shows for me the 2nd page so i am going to post another page but it is only going to be random letters okay so the experiment did not work as i noticed that another part of the story did not upload or is not showing yet)